20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
A commenter on this blog asked how they could change several objects without having to select one by one and modify them. I did not ask if they were paid hourly wages as that might make the long method beneficial on the paycheck, but for this tip we will show how to save time and get out of the office faster and make the boss happy.
We are excited to let you know about a mid-year update to the online Help for AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD LT 2013, and AutoCAD Mechanical 2013.
These updates just went live today September 12, 2012 in both the product and online.
The updates include new content, as well as search enhancements, Help filters, the new Hitchhiker’s Guide to AutoCAD, additional reference links for Command and System Variables, and more.
Did you know students and faculty as well as displaced workers “Autodesk Assistance Program” get FREE software licenses to download most Autodesk products for a three (3) year term.
Autodesk Labs has been busy with updates and posting new technology previews this week. Autodesk Labs is where we can post emerging technologies in a pre-beta technology previews. If you have not visited the Autodesk Labs website recently and browsed what is available, take a few minutes and you might find something like the following preview technologies that may peak your interest. All Autodesk Labs technologies are free, all we ask is you provide feedback on them so they can either evolve and graduate as real Autodesk products and solutions or perhaps let us know they are not of interest and why. Each Autodesk Labs posted project has feedback links on them.
In case you are not subscribed to the Autodesk Product Support RSS Feeds (http://www.autodesk.com/rss) as you should be to get the latest fresh piping hot solutions straight out of the oven, Product Support published a new Knowledge Base document http://autode.sk/SXUiu2 detailing AutoCAD System Requirements from AutoCAD 2004 up to the current AutoCAD 2013.
Take your design conversations with you using the new version of AutoCAD WS 1.5!
Check your mobile device for updates for the very latest AutoCAD WS 1.5 and if you don’t have it yet, why not its free and powerful for 2D and 32D DWG file viewing, editing and more.
Besides the new splash screen from Castro Mello Arquitetos of the National Stadium Brasilia Design, there are other new features like Design Feed, tagging and Add Photo!
Go Get It!
AutoCAD WS iTunes App Store page http://bit.ly/9yYqtn
AutoCAD WS Android Market page http://bit.ly/e9Abim
I was training some folks at Cummins Engine Plant in Indiana, and one of the guys brought in a surveyor’s plan for his property asking how to enter the distance and bearing values from the site plan into AutoCAD.
The AutoCAD WS Team is once again teasing us with this posting on their Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/#!/AutoCADWS
“First glimpse of the new launch screen for the next release of AutoCAD WS - Coming Soon!“
If you want to remove proxy objects such as those added by AutoCAD Architecture to use the command AECTOACAD
I don’t know what all the fuss about “Fifty Shades of Grey” is, but in AutoCAD alone we have at least 255 shades of gray scale, dithering, and then the powerful monochrome plots!